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Nelson v. Driscoll

Citations

  • 948 P.2d 256
  • 285 Mont. 355
  • 54 State Rptr. 1190
  • 1997 Mont. LEXIS 239

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  • a Rule 59(g) motion cannot be used as a vehicle to raise an issue that was already raised, or should have been raised, earlier in the proceedings
  • a motion to alter or amend is properly filed to, among other things, “correct manifest errors of law or fact upon which the judgment was based”
  • a file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/cu1046/Desktop/opinions/97-310%20&%2097-311%20Opinion.htm (16 of 21)4/19/2007 3:03:34 PM Nos motion to alter or amend is properly filed to, among other things, \correct manifest errors of law or fact upon which the judgment was based\
  • a file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/cu1046/Desktop/opinions/97-310%20Opinion.htm (16 of 21)4/19/2007 2:59:46 PM Nos motion to alter or amend is properly filed to, among other things, \correct manifest errors of law or fact upon which the judgment was based\
  • A motion for reconsideration does not exist under Montana law.

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Judges: Trieweiler, Turnage, Nelson, Gray, Leaphart, Regnier, Hunt

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